Wife's Unpaid Household Work an Important Aspect in Determining Maintenance: Delhi High Court

The Delhi HC, while deciding a revision petition, held that the law must recognise the economic value of the unpaid household work done by a homemaker wife.

The capacity to earn and actually earning are two different concepts; mere capacity to earn cannot be a ground to deny maintenance.

The case stems from a marriage, wherein the husband left the wife and the child to settle in Kuwait in August 2020. Family Court under Section 125 CrPC granted interim maintenance of Rs 50,000 to the wife and Rs 40,000 for the Child.

The HC upheld the order as balanced and reasonable.

[Rakesh Ray v. Priti Ray]